The superstar starts from the termination of the contract

Chapter 1184 Opening Ceremony

The next morning, when Lu Fan arrived at Zhengming Entertainment, Xu Qing told him that Chen Lin had been contacted.

The other party just happened to be free recently, and after being invited by Xu Qing, she said that she would arrive in Hongcheng in the next two days, and the two sides met to discuss cooperation matters.

Thinking about it, for a not-so-famous [-]th-line artist, to be invited by Lu Fan to play the heroine in a movie, this is really unimaginable.

It may be exaggerated to say that Chen Lin is an eighteenth-tier young artist. After all, she is a graduate of a professional film and television academy, and she has many masterpieces. Even if she is only the second and third female, at least she often shows her face in film and television works.

Chen Lin has fans, but she's not very popular.

But with her fame, isn't she an eighteenth-tier artist compared to Lu Fan?

In the entertainment circle, whether a person can be popular or not is actually related to many things. If your talent can cover up or let people ignore your other shortcomings, then you can be popular.

A small fire depends on strength, and a big fire depends on luck. If he can become popular in half the sky, then he can be said to be the chosen one.

Luck and fate are the main factors that determine whether a person can be popular. After all, there are really too few geniuses in this world.

Chen Lin is very beautiful, and her professional ability can be regarded as passing, but she is not popular. This may be related to her personality. She is unwilling to hype or accept certain rules, so her career has not improved.

But the problem is that there are quite a few people with the same conditions as Chen Lin. They try their best to gain popularity, and some people even take the initiative to meet the rules, but they may not be able to become popular.

This kind of thing really cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

But no matter what, good luck can be regarded as a kind of Chen Lin's strength. If she can be selected by Lu Fan, perhaps her fate will change greatly in the future.

Lu Fan plans to hold the next few signings in advance, and after completing this matter, he will devote himself wholeheartedly to the movie.

He told Xu Qing about this idea, and then the eldest sister followed his arrangement naturally.

No way, every time what Lu Fan said was a discussion, it was actually imperative. Fortunately, what he said was not a bad idea, so Xu Qing naturally agreed.

Although Xu Qing would listen to Lu Fan's opinions in many cases, there was a premise that Lu Fan's proposal was indeed better, otherwise Xu Qing would not agree even if he was the boss.

In such a big company, hundreds of people are living on their own, and some decisions are not child's play.

In some respects, Xu Qing is very principled.

In the next few days, these partners that Lu Fan invited came to Hongcheng one after another, but he still had several signing meetings to be held. After this group of people came, they did not rush to start work, but first prepare in advance.

All the people signed contracts with Zhengming Entertainment, and after Lu Fan pulled them into the newly created group chat, he uploaded all the information.

He's not afraid to give it away, which he pretty much always did before.

Lu Fan always feels that it should be as convenient as possible in many cases. The purpose of everyone gathering together is to make a good movie, and other things should not be considered as a filmmaker.

What's more, the materials he uploaded to the group are all related to the content of the movie, such as some scripts, and shot drafts, etc. Even if these things are leaked, what's the use?
It is impossible for other people to make Huang Feihong in Lu Fan's mind. If this movie becomes a classic in the future, one of the most important factors is naturally because of Lu Fan's strong kung fu foundation.

As for the depth of the content, Lu Fan thinks that as an action movie, his fighting scenes should be ranked first.

Action movies can only talk about other things if the fighting is wonderful.

A few days later, Lu Fan finished the autograph session, and in the following days, he could concentrate on making movies.

Oh, by the way, there is another thing that will definitely interrupt his rhythm, and that is CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. Lu Fan can refuse the New Year's invitations from other TV stations, but CCTV's Spring Festival Gala will definitely not refuse.

The reason is naturally very simple. As the official spokesperson, no matter how busy he is at work, he will definitely cooperate with CCTV.

Moreover, the Spring Festival Gala is of great significance to the Chinese. It is definitely not as simple as an ordinary program. As a Chinese, how could Lu Fan refuse to be on the Spring Festival Gala?

Originally, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala planned to let Lu Fan sing last year's song "Compendium of Materia Medica", but after thinking about it, with Lu Fan's creative strength and unparalleled popularity, I am really sorry to sing a song from last year talent.

Finally, after discussing with all parties and seeking Lu Fan's opinions, it was decided to choose a song in the new album, and through voting, "Sailor" was selected.

Although the young people in Huaxia are full of vigor and vitality, the chief director in charge of the Spring Festival Gala feels that they should bring some positive energy to everyone.

Some time ago, a certain host was criticized by netizens because of his inappropriate remarks. Life is so difficult, and he even brought negative energy to everyone. Many netizens thought that his actions were very Does not qualify as a public figure.

No one really takes it for granted that after working hard for a lifetime, they should not be able to afford a house, right?

No, no, no?

No one really thinks that all of us should be 996, living blindly like social animals every day, with neither ideals nor pursuits in our hearts, and deserve to be squeezed by capital?

No way?
Originally, the meaning of "Compendium of Materia Medica" was quite good, but in line with the principle of choosing new ones rather than old ones, I finally decided on the songs in the new album.

In fact, regardless of the release time, "Compendium of Materia Medica" has always been very popular. The video of Lu Fan at the Penguin Music Awards Ceremony was sent out by many people as material, with the sentence "Hua Liu is the most dick", Simply invincible!

After Lu Fan finished the signing session, he rushed to Hongcheng very quickly. The crew of "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" was set up in this way. Because the background of the movie was in the Qing Dynasty, everyone went directly to Hengdian, where there is a film and television base. All needs can be met, which can be said to be very convenient.

On January [-]th, Lu Fan simply held a press conference on the set. To be precise, it was a movie opening ceremony. After many such experiences, Lu Fan was able to keep it simple.

When the press conference was held, it could be said that Hengdian was extremely lively. Although there were many celebrities filming here throughout the year, their fame and strength could not be compared with Lu Fan.

Whether it was the extras who were discussing life in Hengdian, or the staff of other crews, or even the actors who were filming, when they heard that Lu Fan was holding the opening ceremony here, they all took the time to run here.

Not for anything else, they just wanted to take a look at Lu Fan.

Opportunities like this don't come along every day for lesser-known actors.

At the press conference, Lu Fan just asked the staff to make a simple decoration, and then invited seven or eight reporters symbolically. The purpose of doing this was just to tell everyone that he was going to make a new movie again.

As long as a reporter posts the situation on the scene, Lu Fan believes that it won't be long before the whole network will know about the upcoming shooting of his new movie.

The outermost area was crowded with people, all of them were staff and actors from Hengdian. They watched the fun and watched the fun, but they didn't disturb Lu Fan.

Lu Fan and a group of people stood on a simple and rough stage, and a simple banner was hung behind it, which read "I wish the new movie "A Man Be Yourself" has a good start."

Lu Fan, Wu Xiaoyun, Zhu Zhiming, Teacher Yuan and a certain martial arts actor she brought, as well as Thomas from the United States, and actor Chen Lin stood in front of the banner and let the reporters and the audience take pictures.

Lu Fan and the others are better, after all, they have experienced such scenes many times, but Chen Lin is different.

She is a little nervous at the moment, since she debuted, she has never seen such a big battle. Although she will stand with the director and the leading actors several times to hold the opening ceremony, but every time she is a supporting role, a marginal character, and everyone does not care about it. won't focus on her.

To put it bluntly, in the past press conferences and opening ceremonies, Chen Lin was dispensable, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that she just made up the numbers.

It's not that Chen Lin doesn't want to be popular. To be honest, if she doesn't want to be a big star, who would want to step into this industry?

But she also knows that she has no background, nor is she very talented. If she doesn't take the initiative to accept certain rules, it will be really difficult to become popular in this life.

Fortunately, Chen Lin didn't insist on all of this. She felt that the life in front of her was pretty good. The family wasn't rich, but the conditions were pretty good. Since she couldn't be popular, she could act in a down-to-earth manner!
She would never have imagined in her dreams that such good luck would befall her without warning, that Lu Fan would actually want her to be the heroine of a movie!
Everything seemed unreal. When she heard the news for the first time, Chen Lin even squeezed her face hard. She was afraid that this dream would wake up soon.

Later she knew that all this was true.

She really became the heroine in Lu Fan's movie. When Lu Fan held a press conference, she stood side by side with Lu Fan, becoming the C in this group of people.

You know, both Zhu Zhiming and Wu Xiaoyun are more famous than Chen Lin herself, and Zhu Zhiming is even more of an actor, crushing herself in every aspect.

Not to mention the foreigner, Chen Lin didn't know much about him before, but after searching the Internet, he found out that this person was actually a popular Hollywood actor, who was called the successor of an action superstar by the media.

Among the film crew, he may be the most unknown. As for Mr. Yuan, he is even less so. He is highly respected, and he has participated in the production of more than 80.00% of Chinese action movies.

Making a movie with such a group of big shots, Chen Lin thought that she could still stand in the C position, maybe this is the pinnacle moment of her life, right?
Lu Fan didn't know why he did the burning of incense, worshiping gods, and offering the pig's head during the opening ceremony, but Teacher Yuan seemed to be very superstitious about it, so he asked the staff to prepare it.

In fact, when Lu Fan was filming his first movie "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", he saw director Zhang Hongfa doing the same thing, and felt very strange at the time. He only knew that it was a ritual, but he didn't know the reason behind it.

Later, he also followed the suggestions of the assistant director and others several times, but he still couldn't figure out why.

When chatting with Teacher Yuan this time, he finally figured out the reason.

There are actually several theories about burning incense and worshiping gods when the film is turned on. The most likely and most recognized one is because of the fear of being filmed in the early stage.

The so-called "scribing" refers to the early film era, when the film in the camera was accidentally scratched by the parts inside during shooting.

If "scribing" occurs, it will cause immeasurable losses to the crew, but machine scribing is unpredictable and difficult to prevent - the only thing that can be done is to cover the camera with a red cloth to "suppress evil".

Therefore, "burning incense and worshiping Buddha" is a calming effect.

There is also a saying that the early actors were all from opera troupes, especially those in Xiangjiang. today's opening ceremony.

The last one, Lu Fan thinks, has a lot of superstition in it.

He said that he was afraid that some weird things would happen when the movie started shooting or after it was finished. Especially in the 90s Xiangjiang zombie movie, many unexplainable but horrific incidents happened.

So the last way to say it is to burn incense and worship gods, and everyone wants to pray for peace.

Anyway, it is just such a saying, and after being handed down, it becomes an inevitable rule.

In fact, when a certain project starts and finishes, there will be a similar ceremony. Lu Fan thinks it is similar to burning incense and worshiping the Buddha when starting up in the movie.

There have always been different opinions on Huaxia's Feng Shui technique. Lu Fan has never experienced it himself since he was a child. He prefers to believe in science, but he maintains an attitude of awe when facing these things.

In a word, it is to respect ghosts and gods and stay away.

The object of worship at the opening ceremony is not fixed. Generally speaking, you can worship whatever you believe in. In the early days, the gods worshiped by Xiangjiang were generally Guan Erye, and it was gradually passed down.

Knowing the reason behind it, Lu Fan felt that the opening ceremony was more of a custom, since everyone did it, everyone followed suit.

It's like hitting firecrackers on some happy event.However, with the promulgation of the ban on dyeing in various places, the custom that has been passed down for thousands of years seems to be broken in this generation.

Firecrackers do not bring good luck to people, nor do they have the effect of warding off evil spirits. They are more of an inheritance of a custom.

After the opening ceremony, the press conference began.

In fact, when Lu Fan hadn't announced the start of the press conference, many people at the scene were very puzzled. Even the reporters felt very strange when they saw these actors on stage.

how to say?

When they saw Wu Xiaoyun and Thomas, they knew that Lu Fan was shooting another action movie, and the three of them filming together would undoubtedly have a very enjoyable fighting scene.

But when they saw Chen Lin, Lu Fan and others standing together, they always had a feeling that something strange was mixed in.

Chen Lin has also acted in many TV dramas. Although she is not the heroine, she is also the second female lead. It is obviously impossible to say that no one at the scene knows her.

It's just that movie stars like Lu Fan and Zhu Zhiming were present at the scene, and international movie stars like Thomas joined in. Among the [-] people watching, only half of them were probably going towards Chen Lin.

And the half of them are not Chen Lin's fans, mainly because they look so good-looking.

People who meet Chen Lin for the first time may think that beauty may be her biggest advantage.

When Lu Fan announced the official start of the press conference, the discussion gradually grew louder.

Chen Lin was very nervous. Even if she was standing in the C position with Lu Fan, she kept her head down and didn't speak much, but she kept smiling all the time. Since she was given this opportunity, she must show her best performance. On the bright side, Lu Fan must not be embarrassed.

The reporters are interviewing some questions about this movie. Although they can get more attention by adding more oil and vinegar, the person they are facing is Lu Fan. thing.

When Lu Fan first debuted, he didn't have the popularity and status he has now, but his enthusiasm is not comparable to that of ordinary rookies. This group of reporters did a lot of things that people don't do.

I don’t dare now, obediently obey and share news, if I dare to grab Lu Fan’s wool, I will really lose the chance of cooperation completely.

Everyone's questions are relatively normal, and the focus is around the movie. For example, the last movie has just been released, so why do you have new ideas.

Lu Fan's answer was more official, and at the same time fit his personality. He told the reporter that he has always been a very thoughtful person, and he thought this subject matter was good, so he called a friend and started shooting.

Another example is when the reporter asked why he thought of inviting foreign Thomas to cooperate, and whether Lu Fan wanted to break into Hollywood again with this movie.

Lu Fan told everyone that he and Thomas did not know each other. There were some small misunderstandings before, but they were quickly relieved, and the cooperation between the two parties was something that had been agreed a long time ago. The two of them will do their best to shoot together with Wu Xiaoyun. Presenting a Kung Fu feast for everyone.

There was a lot of cheers at the scene. In terms of filming and music, we still have to look at Lu Fan!

Some reporters asked Lu Fan what expectations he had for the film's box office, but Lu Fan casually said that it doesn't matter, he doesn't care much about the box office now, and pays more attention to the feeling and role substitution during creation.

Being able to convey a spirit and belief to everyone through movies, Lu Fan feels that the significance of this is far greater than the box office.

The box office of a movie can only arouse temporary discussions, but the classics are eternal. The reason why a movie will be watched repeatedly by the audience has nothing to do with the box office. It is considered a success if it can arouse everyone's deep thinking and aftertaste.

(End of this chapter)